ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SKILLS IN POST
GRADUATES STUDENTS

INTRODUCTION
Entrepreneurship is a typical global phenomenon

attracting millions of economists, politicians, and

social
workers.
In
developed
countries,
entrepreneurship has gained attention in the last
century. But in developing countries, it has been
gained original consideration only in recent
decades.
In industrially developed countries, the business environment
has witnessed radical changes. The result was restructuring of
economic and social systems in a way, which has led to
increased levels of business formation, innovation, new
organizational forms and more general shifts in attitude and
behavior.

In the traditional paradigm, it was believed that modern

economic growth would be associated with a shift in labour

from rural areas to urban industrial Centers.
Experience of developed and developing countries including
Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Philippines show that there
is an alternative path for economic growth rather than the
migration of rural labour force in to the urban sector.
In India, Governments at the Centre and States give special
attention to the development of entrepreneurship. Special
privilege has been accorded for the development of smallscale sector.
The Government has initiated several measures to strengthen
the competitiveness of small scale sector. Most of these
measures are related to entrepreneurship development,
technology up gradation, modernization, and assistance for
finance and marketing.

Objectives of the Study

To Develop skills in successfully initiating, expanding and

diversifying a business enterprise in new, up-coming areas.

To Create entrepreneurial managers for corporate
To know about Postgraduate students who are more mature and have

greater job experience are more likely to be inclined towards

entrepreneurship.
To study the efficacy of institutional support system for the

Entrepreneurship development among the PG students.

To Develop family business successors as enterprising and

knowledgeable owners of the business of their predecessors.

Methodology of the study

In pursuance of the above objectives and hypotheses, the

following methodology was used for this study. The

objectives of the study were achieved through collection and
analysis of both Secondary and primary data.
Based on a survey based methodology, data were collected

from a sample of postgraduate students from various

Visakhapatnam colleges.
Respondents' perception towards five barriers to

entrepreneurship (aversion to risk, fear of failure, lack of

resources, lack of social networking, and aversion to stress
and hard work) and their entrepreneurial inclination were
assessed.

Limitations of the Study

The findings in this study cannot be generalized to non

student populations since it covers only postgraduate

students.
The quantitative approach used was unable to uncover in

depth information on the various barriers. A qualitative

approach may be more appropriate to obtain further
details.